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McCain: Biden a 'wise selection' for Obama, and 'a good friend'

 
(CNN) — John McCain’s campaign may have used Joe Biden in a negative spot just hours after Barack Obama named the Delaware senator his running mate, but the presumptive Republican nominee had nothing but good things to say in a new interview. "I think he's a good selection," McCain told CBS’s Katie Couric. "Joe and I [...] (link)

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